During June and the beginning of July 2008, the second season of the Lahav Research Project, Phase IV was conducted at Tel Halif (License No. G-17/2008; map ref. NIG 187/587-8; OIG 137/087-8; see HA-ESI 120: Fig. 1). The excavation was directed by O. Borowski (photography) of Emory University, in collaboration with Consortium member institutions that included Emory University and the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University, with additional support provided by the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, the Joe Alon Center at Qibbuz Lahav, and individual donors. The field staff included area supervisors N. Bierling (Phoenix Data Systems), E. Hawksley (Cardiff University/Oxford Archaeology), T. Frank (LRP) and J.W. Hardin (Cobb Institute), J. Dylan Woodliff (Emory University; field assistant), D. Kerges (Cobb Institute; drafting and drawing), J. Rosenberg (AIAR; surveying), G. Friend (University of New Mexico/Gallup; laboratory management and registration), as well as twelve undergraduate and graduate students and volunteers from the USA who participated in the program.